Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-18
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

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at Rogers City.
-Morenci complains of lack of rent
able residences.
site for Muskegon's public library is
being hunted up by the directors.
The. State School for the Blind at Ian
sing will reopen for the reception of pupils
on Wednesday, Sept. IA.
1t required S.75s, $3.50 gallons of water,
besides that drawn from private wells, to
supply Jackson during July.
| Richard Crouch, of jackson County.
is the owner OF snow-white massasauga.
The snake has seven rattles and is quite
tame.
During the month of July the engines
at the East Saginaw Water works made
6eO,l73 revolutions pumping 7S,sSO.933
gallons of water.
The funeral Of ex-Alderman Geo. w.
Merick, of Adrian, who died ON Sunday,
occurred Wednesday afterdoon. He was
in his 10th year, and celebrated his golden
wedding several years ago. His widow
and a large family of grown children sur
vive him.
Lewis Lay was driving a load across
one of the bridges few weeks since in
Adrian when the horse stepped upon O
| plank which few up and descended upon
Lays head, inficting considerable injury.
He has just sued the city, laying his dam
ages at $4,000.
Extensive preparations are being mado
to welcome the G.. A. Il. Association of
Southern Michigan to Adrian in Septem-
Der. The Common Council has accepted
an invitation to participate in the grand
parade Sept. 1. Permission has been
granted to erect decorations in the streets
narry Dispes, Isd agea years, was
| drowned in White Lake while bathing. He
was with a companion, but as neither
could swim the young man, getting into
deep water, was drowned, with no one that
could go to his relief. He was the son of
Mr.. Bisbee, the Ludington jeweler. The
family were spending the summer at the
White Lake resort.
-Jakie, the little 5-year- old son of DIR.
ID. r. Meengs, of Muskegon, told his
mother that he was going to see his grand
| pa in Holland, and true to his word he got
on the train for that city and went through
without his parents ever suspecting that
he would do as he said. They were great
ly concerned on missing him and thought
he was lost in Muskegon and were not sat-
isfed until tele gram from grandpa" an
nounced his safe arrival in Holland.
| There is considerable anxiety felt in
Kalamazoo on account of a present def
cheney in the water supply. The Gazette
says: The water in the we'll is considerably
less than three feet deep, while it should
be at least twelve to make ii available in
case Of fire. 1t is lower than ever before,
and one who notices the manner in which
it is wasted throughout the city cannot fail
10 think that it is wasted worse than ever.
The practice of allowing stream 10 run
ten minutes or more to have it cool should
be stopped. II is proposed to have men
stationed at the water works whose duty,
in case Of fire, it will be to go to the por-
ton of the city where the water is not re-
quired and close the gates.
An elevator in Simons & Co. s clothing
store, at No. 1872 jefferson avenue. Detroit,
fell with five persons from the fifth floor,
but brought up short at the second-foor
landing, thus saving the lives of the occu-
pants. john Draper, sewing machine
repairer, had one leg broken, and his back
was hurt so that partial paralysis resulted.
Henry Bullen, cutter, sustained injury
to his back John Hair, a presser, was cut
about the head, and August Kumpf, the
elevator conductor, had q compound frac-
ture of the left leg. The other man es-
capped uninjured. The accident was due
to Kumpf's carelessness. He got his leg
caught between the elevator and fiTth-foor
landing. The other men jumped on the
elevator in hopes that their weight would
cause the vehicle TO descend far enough to
extricate Kumpf's leg. When the last man
jumped on the elevator fell.
Edward Laudre, of Calumet, a small
mining town near Houghton, returned from
the mine where he is employed, bringing
box which had contained nitro -glycerine.
A friend accompanied Laudre home, and
the two were sitting in the kitchen, where
Mrs. Laudre was busy getting supper.
Alfred Pauquette was in the room, baby
2 years old occupied high chair, and
10-year- old daughter of the Laudres was
helping her mother. The fire needing fuel,
Mrs. Laudre went ont into the yard, aud
seeing the box her husband had brought
home, picked up the cover, split it in two,
and poked the pieces into the stove. A
sharp, sissing noise like escaping steam
Immediately followed, and an instant
later terrific explosion. The stove was
blown into pieces. The iron teakettle was
blown through the roof, cutting its way as
cleanly as if it were q solid shot fred from
cannon. Through this aperture was also
blown the baby. The baby was not killed.
1t was terribly bruised about the face and
lost one eye and perhaps the sight Of tho
other. The little girl was badly burned
and Pauquette's nose was fattened. Lau-
DIRE escaped with slight wounds, and his
wife, who stood right over the stove at the
moment Of the explosion, was not much
hurt.
Having learned that q man died in
Detroit of hydrophobia, caused by the BIKE